The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-31
COMMENT AND OPINION.

MEM to the Democratic demagogues who pro-
voked and precipitated the unfortunate contro-
versy at Wheeling: Don't fool with the Grand
Army of tho Republic. It is loaded--Philadel-
phia Press.
THERE 10 no doubt that in England the DO
litical contests for some years to come will be
the masses will win. and the victory will be all
the more complete because of the resistance Of
the classes. -Philadelphia Times
THE managing editor of a small Illinois rail-
road, who generally lives In New York, NAV not
be presumed TO know that his ties rotting
and his culverts uusound. but there ought 10 be
some means of informing him besides q shocking
disaster.-Chicago Herald.
WHEN all is said. this rem ains-the idea of q
great labor party is farcical. Labor has no in
terests which the whole Nation is not possessed
whole people is DESTROYS of Withholding from it.
This is nation Of laborers. and long may it
remain.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Now that the Knights have breathing spell to
look around shem, they begin see what all tbs
world but themselves have all along seen, that
Powderly's policy simply meant Powdery and
that they have been tricked into sacrificing their
own interests and the comforts of their fami-
his own ambitious ends.-New York Times.
THE Atlanta people who made such fuss over
jeff Davis short time ago, and told him that
s.he of the grandess old men the sun
ever shone upou," cannot do less than invite
''the grand old warrior" and Miss Davis also to
meet the President and his wife. and there il
Governor President that WOULD make it in
consistent for him to affiliate with ''the only
President the South ever had"-Chicago Trib-
PERHAPS there is time enough left yet for the
mugwumps to discover that Cleveland has
thrown the reform of tho civil service over
board: that be has rescinded all his pledges and
Withdrawn all his orders and proclamations:
that he has surrendered 20 the spolsmen: that
he is working his second term boom; and that
he will pose in 1883 practical Democrat with
all that the term implies Perhaps they will
discover, as he has done. that the tail can't wag
the dpg.-Chcago Tribune.
COMBINATIONS Of workmen to secure fair
wages are uuobjectonable, when they seek that
end by judicious means, giving due respect to
the rights and necessities of individual MEM
bers: but workmen's society which Is domln- ]
ated by persons VINO lack common discretion,
and who, being unable to get work themselves,
are determined to prevent others from workin 2,
does not appear to be organization In whic
the we-disposed and Industrious can protect
and advance their interests or maintain thei r
observation-disclosures Times.
THE Prohibitionists queer people wherever
you find them, but the Prohibtionists
of Pennsylvania seem to be just little lit Jun
nier than any of their brethren Their recent
State convention was like all their conventions.
a meeting for the purpose of devising ways and
means to swamp the Republican party. But
how can they logically fight the Republican
party of Pennsylvania They cannot They
are not logical people. and they opposed to
the Republican party of their State because 1t Is
doing just what they profess to be trying to do.
Minneapolis Tribune